Tradition 35 of 35
Ancient religions, animism, and ritual
Ancient and traditional religious systems, animist and polytheist belief, deities, sacred rites, mystery cults, and historical ritual practices that contextualize magical and esoteric traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 14,367
- Earliest
- 1100
- to 2026
- Read free
- 44%
- 6,362 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match4,877
- Metadata match260
- Query match9,225
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- God2.1K
- Animals1.9K
- Early works to 18001.8K
- Juvenile fiction907
- Rites and ceremonies891
- History810
- Juvenile literature779
- Providence and government of God752
- Sermons669
- Funeral rites and ceremonies624
- Conduct of life615
- Religion557
- Bible479
- Children471
- Animal welfare462
- Christianity424
- animal magnetism417
- Children's stories380
- Fiction360
- Christian life357
- Natural history339
- Attributes334
- Zoology321
- Cult314
Top languages
- English7,932 · 55%
- German1,498 · 10%
- French1,335 · 9%
- Latin1,255 · 9%
- Italian437 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Harrison Weir40 in this tradition46 books
- Religious Tract Society32 in this tradition66 books
- France. Convention nationale31 books
- Augustine of Hippo26 in this tradition46 books
- Madeline Leslie25 in this tradition26 books
- Samuel G. Goodrich24 in this tradition34 books
- Franz Anton Mesmer23 in this tradition49 books
- Catholic Church22 in this tradition50 books
- Maximillien De Lafayette22 in this tradition24 books
- Martin Luther21 in this tradition129 books
- François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon21 in this tradition49 books
- Emanuel Swedenborg20 in this tradition84 books
14,367 books
Melekhet ha-ḳodesh
Eleazar ben David Fleckeles
1812Hebrew
Meletemata Plotiniana
Karl Henry August Steinhart
1840Latin
Meletemata theologica
J. W. J. Braun
1838Latin
Memoires curieux envoyez de Madrid
Jacques sieur de Sainte-Garde Carel
1670French
Memorie sulla storia del primo secolo dei Servi di Maria e degli Spedalieri di S. Giovanni di Dio
Zanoletti
1780Spanish
Messieurs et dames, Vous êtes avertis qu'il est arrivé dans cette noble ville, le Sr. Soldi, condusiant avec lui une grande ménagerie d'animaux ...
Soldi Sieur
1773French
Metsiʼut [Adonai] rosh kal ha-nidrashim
Meshullam ben Berachiah
1786Hebrew
Metsiʼut ha-Shem ṿeha-ʻolam
Shalom Yosef ben Aharon Zilbershṭain
1893Hebrew
Mémoire sur la température des oiseaux palmipèdes du Nord de l'Europe
Ch Martins
1856French
Ming tang da dao lu
Dong Hui
1888Chinese
Mishle shuʻalim
Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan
1661Hebrew
Mishleshuʻalim
Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Melchior Hanel, Edward Glaser
1661Hebrew
Missa S. Patritii Hiberniae Episcopi semidvplex
Catholic Church
1685Latin
Missa pro festivitate transverberationis cordis Sanctae Theresiae virginis, et matris nostrae
Catholic Church, Discalced Carmelites
1728Latin
Missa propria seraphicae matris S. Teresiae virginis, fratrum, ac monialium Ordinis Carmelitarum Discalceatorum fundatricis
Catholic Church, Discalced Carmelites
1720Latin
Missae propriae Sanctorvm
Catholic Church
1686Latin
Missae propriae Sanctorvm celebrandae ad libitvm eorvm qui Missali Romano vtuntur
Catholic Church
1640Latin
Mithra et le Christ
Robert Van Assche
1972French
Mithra et le Christ en présence du monde romain
Henri Westphal
1911French
Mithraica, ou, Les mithriaques
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
1833French
Mithras
Fritz Saxl
1931German
Mithriaca ou les Mithriaques
Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall
1833French
Mitraizam na tlu Jugoslavije =
Ljubica Zotović
1973Serbian
Miyohajime shō. Yūsoku shūchū shō
Kanera Ichijō
1899Japanese